Improvement in fastenings for pockets



n. NEUSTA DTERQ Fastening for Pocketsm No. 162,300, PatentedApri|20, 1875.

Vi%es r Igventur THE GRAPHIC CO. PHUTO -LITH.39 8: 41 PARK PLACE,N.Y..

DAVID NEUSTADTER, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN FASTENINGS FOR POCKETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 162,300, dated April 20, 1875; application filed March 8, 1875.

To all whom it may concern: pocket. These overlapping ends, marked 0, I

Be it known that I, DAVID NEUs'lADTER, then turn inward and sew them to the material of San Francisco city and county, State of forming the back of the pocket, as shown, so

California, have invented an Improvement in that an unbroken or seamless corner is pro- Fastening the Corners of Pockets; and I do vided, the bend of the strip forming the corhereby declare the following description and ner. The seams of the pocket and adjacent accompanying drawings are sufficient to enseams I sew in the ordinary manner. By

1 able any person skilled in the art or science this means I provide a pocket-corner which i to which it most nearly appertains to make cannot break down from unusual strain, as

and use my said invention or improvement there is no seam to rip.

without further invention or experiment. I am aware the pockets of overalls have My invention relates to the manner of conbeen secured and strengthened at their angles structing pockets in clothing, so as to prevent by re-enforce laps composed of short pieces of their corners from being torn or ripped by an textile fabric, extending across such angles at unusual strain. the points ofjuncture on the outside of the To explain my invention, reference is had garment; but this is not my invention.

to the accompanying drawing forming a part Having thus described my invention, what of this specification, in which- I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

Figure l is a view of a section of cloth, is l showing my method of securing the pocket- A re-enforce for pockets in garments, concorners. sistin g of the strap 1), sewed to theinside of the Let A represent a pair of overalls or other flap of the pocket, and having its ends 0 bent article of wearing apparel. inward and sewed to the back of the pocket,

In making the pockets in these articles of substantially as described, whereby the whole clothing, I take a strip, b, of cloth, leather, flap is strengthened, and at the same time the or other suitable strong fabric, which is two points of juncture are re-enforced, as specified. or three inches longer than the width of the In witness whereof, I hereunto set my hand pocket-opening. This strip 1) I then use to and seal. form an inside binding to the flap of the T pocket, by sewing it on the inside edge of the DAVID L EUSTADTER' flap. As the strip 1) is longer than the width Witnesses: of the pocket, it will be evident that its ends GEO. H. STRONG, will overlap the flap at each corner of the JNO. L. BOONE. 

